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Stepney 1916

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]

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TABLE IV.— Infant Mortality.

1916.

ST. GEORGES DIVISION.

Nett Deaths from stated Causes at various Ages under One Year of Age.

Cause of Death.Under 1 week.1 -2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-3 Months.3-6 Months.6-9 Months.9-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
All Causes.Certified197853926182020123
Uncertified....................
Small-pox....................
Chicken-pox....................
Measles................37
Scarlet Fever....................
Whooping Cough..........11125
Diphtheria and Croup................22
Erysipelas....................
Tuberculous Meningitis............1..12
Abdominal Tuberculosis..........1......1
Other Tuberculous Diseases....................
Meningitis (not Tuberculous)..................1
Convulsions........31..1..5
Laryngitis....................
Bronchitis..1....141219
Pneumonia (all forms)1......1436822
Diarrhœa....2..2355116
Enteritis..........1......1
Gastritis....................
Syphilis..................1
Rickets..................1
Suffocation, overlying1..113........3
Injury at Birth....................
Atelectasis3......31......4
Congenital Malformations11....2..11..4
Premature Birth933217........17
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus1..1..2641..13
Other causes121..4......15
Cerebri) Spinal Meningitis..........2..114
Totals197853926182020123